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... but all the signs on houses give the name of their security company with the warning "Armed Response". The homes here are a far cry from the squatter camps seen en route and around the mining areas. There is a lot of building of new (tiny) homes taking place in the camps and townships but it will clearly take much longer before reasonable homes are available to everyone.13th December. Cape Town We made it! Back where we started our journey on the 9th October ...

Awake at 5 to the sound of every passing car, as the windows don't actually fit very well or offer any sound protection. I construct an email to send to earth-stompers enquiring about the hotel option of accommodation and if we payed more, why. An hours drive sees us stop to grab some lunch before getting into a 2 ...

Today has been lovely!! LeyAnne our intrepid guide arrived promptly at 9 30 ready to take us on a whirlwind trip to Cape Point and the Cape of good hope via all sorts of places!! We started by driving to the Kirsten Bosch botanical gardens but as Mother had been there before and shock horror they had only won a silver gilt at Chelsea last week it was decided not to go and visit!! We drove past the home of Desmond Tu Tu and along wine ...

... Lodge. That was so cool. As we arrived they gave us all a sari type cloth to wear and a small tear drop of black paint on our cheek bones. The food was fantastic . Lots of local produce & game meats: kudu, ostrich, wart-hog, crocodile, guinea fowl, pork & even Mopani worms. I didn't bother with those, but Graham had a few. There was a really cool cultural show with Matabele dancers. Then they got the whole ...

... when I walked through the gym. There are a lot of issues with the schools in the townships, but overall the education they are getting is fully dependent upon what the students make of it. The issue remains that many students are not motivated to invest in their long term future and strive to reach their fullest potential. This is one of the issues Hoops 4 Hope aims to triumph. Next week I will be speaking with a group of upperclassmen from all the local schools about ...